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RAT ROD AL

RAT ROD AL

MOPAR ARCHAEOLOGIST - one parts hoard at a time!
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Theresa & I went scouring our local area a couple days ago looking for this 65 Barracuda I had heard about . Finally found it sitting on the side of the owners house. Stopped and knocked on the door , talked to the owner. At first he said it wasn't for sale. This guy was 84 years old ! Says he's gonna fix it up someday ! He started showing me the inside , under the hood , The extra parts he had in the shed ect. He started loosening up and asked what I would pay for it .
I made an offer he didn't like, threw his # at me , And I raised mine up a little, and he still said no. We talked a little more and he went in and as I was starting to leave he came back out waving me down. I guess his wife set him straight on getting rid of that junk pile and take the cash ! Went back today to buy it and load it up. Turns out the old guy was a really nice guy , that was his dream car that never got finished and has been there for 16 years rotting away most of those years. Anyway here is some of the fun we go though finding these and dragging them home.
It had 4 flat tires and full of wood laminate flooring and carpet, OH and BUGS.

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Finally got it loaded and home . Unloading was just as fun, but we got it done .
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This car has the title , but is so rotted out , I'm afraid we are going to just part it out. Says it's the original engine 273 2 barrel automatic 7 1/4 rear. Motor spins over by hand !
 
Good for you! Thanks for sharing

I’d hate to count the # of “I’m gonna fix it up someday” responses I’ve gotten over the years. And I live in rust belt Wisconsin!
 
I see a lot of rust, but a lot of good, too. As usual, yall make it look so fun!
 
RustyRatRod said:
I see a lot of rust, but a lot of good, too. As usual, yall make it look so fun!
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Well Rob , It' might look like a lot of fun, But it's a lot of work ,getting this old junk loaded , It was in the 80s today. Gettin to old for this work crap ! Took us about 3 1/2 hours just to get it loaded , and about an hour to unload it . Need to find a trailer with a big winch.
 
The car has a lot of good parts on it . some nice rocker trim ans SS pieces. Looks like a nice dash pad also.

What's the trick to getting the rocker trim off without messing it up ?
 
Wow ! You two make a great team getting it on the trailer, had to be a back braker.
Looks like a complete Barracuda will make it home with you, congratulations my friend :thumbsup:
 
Nice job Al and Theresa! If it's a rot box, I wouldnt hesitate to cut the sheet "metal" around the rocker trim. That's a last resort of course. Very cool having the 273!:thumbsup:
 
pishta said:
LEt me know if you part it. I can use a few parts....
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As soon as we get this thing debugged and see what's good and what's scrap I'll post it up in a parts car add. I have a small bin of extra parts that came with it also. Some times we pay more than I like to get these cars and or parts, which is why I try to sell everything I can to make it worth while. And obviously a lot of people need all the small parts also ! Win- Win
 
It has drag car written all over it, a nice small block 426 stroker deal.
 
memike said:
Wow ! You two make a great team getting it on the trailer, had to be a back braker.
Looks like a complete Barracuda will make it home with you, congratulations my friend :thumbsup:
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Ya , I put her to work today ! I got it jacked up and would do the winching as she backed the trailer under it !

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Hey this one was easier than the last one !

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holy hell, what did you scrap on that, the 2 good taillights? These are not good drag car candidates unless you gut 'em, tub 'em, and do inner fenderwell deletes and run some real headers. And they are still 55 year oldunibodies, rust and all.
 
pishta said:
holy hell, what did you scrap on that, the 2 good taillights? These are not good drag car candidates unless you gut 'em, tub 'em, and do inner fenderwell deletes and run some real headers. And they are still 55 year oldunibodies, rust and all.
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Perfect for a drag car running sub 8's with a tube chassis.
 
RAT ROD AL said:
Theresa & I went scouring our local area a couple days ago looking for this 65 Barracuda I had heard about . Finally found it sitting on the side of the owners house. Stopped and knocked on the door , talked to the owner. At first he said it wasn't for sale. This guy was 84 years old ! Says he's gonna fix it up someday ! He started showing me the inside , under the hood , The extra parts he had in the shed ect. He started loosening up and asked what I would pay for it .
I made an offer he didn't like, threw his # at me , And I raised mine up a little, and he still said no. We talked a little more and he went in and as I was starting to leave he came back out waving me down. I guess his wife set him straight on getting rid of that junk pile and take the cash ! Went back today to buy it and load it up. Turns out the old guy was a really nice guy , that was his dream car that never got finished and has been there for 16 years rotting away most of those years. Anyway here is some of the fun we go though finding these and dragging them home.
It had 4 flat tires and full of wood laminate flooring and carpet, OH and BUGS.

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Finally got it loaded and home . Unloading was just as fun, but we got it done .
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This car has the title , but is so rotted out , I'm afraid we are going to just part it out. Says it's the original engine 273 2 barrel automatic 7 1/4 rear. Motor spins over by hand !
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Dude! They got these new-fangled contraptions nowadays - They’re called ramps...
 
The body is nice and straight on this car,but unfortunately all the lower body panels are rotted out. The front fenders might be salvageable if someone was to fix a little rust down low. Bumpers are straight but a little rusty. I'll know more in a few days.
 
RAT ROD AL said:
I had angle iron ramps but with 4 flats they would just get stuck in between the angles.
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Good point - Gotta say, I don’t know if I’d have been brave enough to load it that way, good work. Hope you can salvage enough from it to make it worth your while.
 
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